Episode 058: The Legacy of Geddy Lee

Check out our profile of the incredible Geddy Lee from Rush, and his influence on generations of rock bassists.

So in season 1 we picked a player who had influenced many, and dove into what we think makes them great. This request about Geddy Lee came via viewer mail — Paul Callaway wrote:

Given all the influence Geddy Lee has had on me and probably plenty of other listeners, would there be any possibility of a similar pod regarding his playing and influence on rock, music, and bass? I wouldn’t be playing bass (or music in general) if it wasn’t for him showing that bass can be badass if you want it to be. Also, he has a book coming out later this year about his huge bass collection. Perfect Christmas coffee table book gift for the bassists in your lives.

Heard an amazing tone and couldn’t believe the same guy was singing at the same time

Didn’t become a big fanatic because I always had so many options to listen to

Later in life checking him out, just blown away

Paul:

In college, believe it or not. There was this weird period in the 80s where I listened to nothing but classical music. I knew a lot of Stravinsky but nothing about Stratocasters 🙂

I heard Hold Your Fire, a later album, first through a friend

Fans don’t consider this one of their really good albums, but I actually thought the songs were really strong, and that’s probably why I bothered to check out Moving Pictures, which is one of their masterpiece records